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bronx, the dominican republic. and i would say, "dominican republic," and you couldn't hear the next five bars... >> hinojosa: oh, they'd be... >> ...because kids would scream so loud. i think if i had seen in the heights when i was a kid, i'd be president of the united states right now. it's just sort of... it's just... you know, it was... it's... i watch it impacting these kids and seeing themselves, and that's so enormously validating. it's... it's really the best part of the thing. >> hinojosa: how did you know that you could trust your voice? how did you know... i mean, i know that your dad was the president of the debbie reynolds club... >> ( laughing ) yes, that's true. >> hinojosa: ...okay, so i know you grew up also watching musicals, but how did you know that you could do this? where did you learn how to trust that, "yeah, i'm going to put pen in hand and i'm going to start writing a musical"? >> i... i was lucky enough to be encouraged by people who were not family. i had an eighth grade english teacher
bronx, the dominican republic. and i would say, "dominican republic," and you couldn't hear the next five bars... >> hinojosa: oh, they'd be... >> ...because kids would scream so loud. i think if i had seen in the heights when i was a kid, i'd be president of the united states right now. it's just sort of... it's just... you know, it was... it's... i watch it impacting these kids and seeing themselves, and that's so enormously validating. it's... it's really the best part...
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. >> if you walked into the south bronx, you would be surprised. it is very different from any other area. you got to be careful when you're walking down the street. to be able to read is the most wonderful thing ever. when you're reading, it's like you're in another world, and you're seeing something from somebody else's eyes. if you hand me a book, and you say it's a good book, i'll read it, just to see how good it is. last year, i read 325 books. and i read thick chapter books, like chapters that are up to 30, 40. i read really big books. the thing i love most about reading is the ability to have knowledge about certain things, and knowledge is power. the most important thing that i need to do to accomplish my dreams is to get to college. without education you'll just be a nobody. i believe i can accomplish anything, as long as i believe that i can do it. >> if snappy putdowns were an olympic sport, then this guy would be a gold medalist. i'll tell you why, when "teen kids news" returns. ♪you fill up my senses ♪like a night in a forest ♪li
. >> if you walked into the south bronx, you would be surprised. it is very different from any other area. you got to be careful when you're walking down the street. to be able to read is the most wonderful thing ever. when you're reading, it's like you're in another world, and you're seeing something from somebody else's eyes. if you hand me a book, and you say it's a good book, i'll read it, just to see how good it is. last year, i read 325 books. and i read thick chapter books, like...
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when i say 80,000 parents applied for 20,000 slots, these are parents in harlem and south bronx, parent who is have had every hardship that want the best for their kids. what do we have? we have politicians and other who oppose opening charter schools. they say they don't want the competition. let's focus on the children and do what's right for them. that's why i wrote the book. >> you are a nonpartisan guy. i want the audience to know that you clerk for justice powell on the supreme court, appointed by nixon but wound up being moderate. you work now for rupert murdoch. know you are getting honest advise because you are not a partisan. you are an open minded smart man and public school education educated. thank you for being here, joel. >> thank you, megyn. i appreciate it. >>> just ahead, a fascinating look at why you may not want your children to go to the "best schools" in the country. introducing the new philips norelco shaver series 9000 with contour detect technology that flexes in 8 directions for the perfect shave at any angle. go to philips.com/new for savings on shavers and tr
when i say 80,000 parents applied for 20,000 slots, these are parents in harlem and south bronx, parent who is have had every hardship that want the best for their kids. what do we have? we have politicians and other who oppose opening charter schools. they say they don't want the competition. let's focus on the children and do what's right for them. that's why i wrote the book. >> you are a nonpartisan guy. i want the audience to know that you clerk for justice powell on the supreme...
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south bronx. i remember one would really asking her what she was doing and she told me her name was miracle. i was like zero my god, you know, students in the south bronx in a place of great need and then some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in new york who want to be supportive of everything the library stands for. it means i get to live the diversity of experience that i think is the secret sauce of america's success, that we are all in this together. that's one of the great privileges of my life to be out of service staff. >> host: 10 years from now, whether we going to have? in the library? >> guest: at the will have every seat filled. i bet we will have many more educational programs for free to meet the needs in the neighborhood. i think we will have more -- people will still be in this building and in schaumburg in the library for performing eyes in the business library, but much more research material will be sent out into the world. at some point, we will also reach what i call
south bronx. i remember one would really asking her what she was doing and she told me her name was miracle. i was like zero my god, you know, students in the south bronx in a place of great need and then some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in new york who want to be supportive of everything the library stands for. it means i get to live the diversity of experience that i think is the secret sauce of america's success, that we are all in this together. that's one of the great...
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we are also now starting to teach coding so that kids in the south bronx or harlem would want to get jobs in the information-technology industry can can come to the library. we are the leading nonuniversity part or with kucera, the online education university program so people who come into the libraries and have group sessions and will find instructors for them so they are trying to learn only online. we do the same thing with: academy. educational programs, quiet places, opportunities to read, take out books and to use computers. i is just in the circulating library, which is the majority of where people come into winners the research libraries where people come from all over the world who are writing books, doing research to use our archives, material, but also incredible spaces. you go to the rosemead rating him as one of the most beautiful pieces in new york and you'll find every seat is filled. >> host: tony marx, whitey think the new york outlook library is as you say at its apex now? just a bunch of reasons. after the economy had its difficulties in 2008, more people had to c
we are also now starting to teach coding so that kids in the south bronx or harlem would want to get jobs in the information-technology industry can can come to the library. we are the leading nonuniversity part or with kucera, the online education university program so people who come into the libraries and have group sessions and will find instructors for them so they are trying to learn only online. we do the same thing with: academy. educational programs, quiet places, opportunities to...
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what's amazing about my job is it will take me on any day from talking to a student in the south bronx, i remember one literally asking about what she was doing and she told me her name was miracle. students in the south bronx in a place of great need and then some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in new york who want to be supportive of everything the library stands for and that just means i get to live the diversity of experience that i think is the secret sauce of american success that we are all in this together. some of the great it's one of the great privileges of my life to be able to serve. >> host: ten years from now what are we going to have? >> guest: in the library i bet we will have every seat filled and we will have. people will be still in this building and schaumburg into the library of performing arts into the business library. the much more of the research material will be sent out into the world. at some point we will also reach what i call the holy grail which is everything being available online to anyone. and navigable and linked. imagine a world. i don'
what's amazing about my job is it will take me on any day from talking to a student in the south bronx, i remember one literally asking about what she was doing and she told me her name was miracle. students in the south bronx in a place of great need and then some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in new york who want to be supportive of everything the library stands for and that just means i get to live the diversity of experience that i think is the secret sauce of american success...
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bronx and harlem want to get jobs in the information technology industry to come to the library with a leading nonuniversity partner with the online education university program to have sessions that will find instructors for them so that they are not trying to learn only online but doing the same thing in the academy. so, educational programs, quiet places, opportunities to read, to take out books and to use computers. and if and that his trust in the circulated letter a. which is the majority of where our people are coming in and then there's the research libraries where people come from all over the world who are writing books and doing research to our archives and material but also our incredible spaces. if you go to the reading room is one of the most beautiful spaces in new york and we will find that every seat is built. >> host: why do you think? >> guest: i think after the economy had its difficulty in 2008, more people had to come into the branches because they couldn't afford an extra room or quiet at home or air conditioning or computers or books. as so this partly an econ
bronx and harlem want to get jobs in the information technology industry to come to the library with a leading nonuniversity partner with the online education university program to have sessions that will find instructors for them so that they are not trying to learn only online but doing the same thing in the academy. so, educational programs, quiet places, opportunities to read, to take out books and to use computers. and if and that his trust in the circulated letter a. which is the majority...
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the son of jamaican immigrants, powell was born in harlem in april 1937 and was raised in the south bronx. he was educated in new york city public schools, and after graduating from morris high school attended the city college of new york where he earned a bachelor of science degree in geology. it was not until he joined the army rotc program at city college of new york that he discovered his calling and launched his military career. he received a commission as an army second lieutenant upon graduation in 1958 and went on to serve in the united states army for 35 years rising to the rank of four-star general. from 1987 to 1989 powell served as president ronald reagan's national security adviser. he served from 1989 to 1993 as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for both president george h.w. bush and for president bill clinton and was not only the youngest officer and first rotc graduate to ever serve in the position but also the first african-american to do so. during his time as chairman he oversaw 28 crises to include the panama intervention of 1989 and operation desert storm in the
the son of jamaican immigrants, powell was born in harlem in april 1937 and was raised in the south bronx. he was educated in new york city public schools, and after graduating from morris high school attended the city college of new york where he earned a bachelor of science degree in geology. it was not until he joined the army rotc program at city college of new york that he discovered his calling and launched his military career. he received a commission as an army second lieutenant upon...
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guest: my own experience growing up in new york city, i grew up in the south bronx at a moment when there were lots of migrants coming north from puerto rico and black migrants coming out of the west indies and moving into the bronx, these are my friends and people that i played stick all with on the streets of new york. my interest in migration comes from my own experience of these youngsters who i played with and the environment in which i grew up. when i went to graduate school, i worked on the anti-slavery movement. i was also interested in moving toward the history of immigration in the united states. i spent a good deal of my career studying immigration as well as some of the health implications. good afternoon, everybody. nice to see you all. just a quiet monday to get our thanksgiving week going. we had to keep you on your toes. let's get settled in here. josh, would you like to get us started, please? the president this morning said that it was the appropriate time for chuck hagel's tenure at the pentagon to come to an end. what exactly did he mean by that? >> josh, the president
guest: my own experience growing up in new york city, i grew up in the south bronx at a moment when there were lots of migrants coming north from puerto rico and black migrants coming out of the west indies and moving into the bronx, these are my friends and people that i played stick all with on the streets of new york. my interest in migration comes from my own experience of these youngsters who i played with and the environment in which i grew up. when i went to graduate school, i worked on...
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guest: my own experience growing up in new york city, i grew up in the south rocks at a moment when there were lots of migrants coming north from puerto rico and black migrants coming out of the west indies and moving into the bronx, these are my friends and people that i played stick all with on the streets of new york. my interest in migration comes from my own experience of these youngsters who i played with and the environment in which i grew up. when i went to graduate school, i worked on the anti-slavery movement. i was also interested in moving toward the history of immigration in the united states. i spent a good deal of my career studying emigration as well as some of the implications. host: let's get back to the president's plan. wrote about times that. in numbers, that is close to what the president is calling for. what was different about what president reagan did in 1986? guest: it followed congresses act of legislation. the same thing was true of the h bush.p after george numbers to keep families together during that. what the person is saying here is that this is unpreceden
guest: my own experience growing up in new york city, i grew up in the south rocks at a moment when there were lots of migrants coming north from puerto rico and black migrants coming out of the west indies and moving into the bronx, these are my friends and people that i played stick all with on the streets of new york. my interest in migration comes from my own experience of these youngsters who i played with and the environment in which i grew up. when i went to graduate school, i worked on...
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at 13 this girl nose her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> school there is a lot of kids that don't care. so you are the only one that wants to learn. if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter, because you know what you are doing is right. >> reporter: in your mind, are you going to college? >> yes, i am. i definitely am. >> before college she has to get into high school, she's saming high for a -- aiming high for a spot at a premiere school. it has been made on a test called the high school admission test. each fall 30,000 eighth and ninth graders take a test for a chance to earn a seat. now the test is under attack. students are finding neighbourhood schools are not adequately preparing them for what's on the s.a.t. less than 10% of students at her school pass, two subjects needed for the s.a.t. c. the result, less latino and black enrolment. they count for 70% of the city's public school students. in specialised schools they make up 12%. for the 2012/"13 school year, the high school, the most sought after, accepted 19 black students. out of 967 available spo
at 13 this girl nose her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> school there is a lot of kids that don't care. so you are the only one that wants to learn. if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter, because you know what you are doing is right. >> reporter: in your mind, are you going to college? >> yes, i am. i definitely am. >> before college she has to get into high school, she's saming high for a -- aiming high for a spot at a premiere school. it...
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at 13, she knows that her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> you're the only one that wants to learn, and even if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter, because you know what you're doing is right >> so are you going to college? >> i definitely am. >> but before college, she has to get into high school, and she's aiming high for a premier spot in one of the four schools. a specialized high school admissions test, or hisat. each fall, eight and ninth graders take the test for a chance to earn a coveted seat. but now the test itself is under attack. they don't find that the neighborhood schools don't adequately prepare them for what's on the sat. the state standardized tests for math and english, the two subjects needed for the h sat, record numbers of blacks and latinos. they account for 70% of the city's public school students, but in the specialized schools, they make up only 12%. for the 2012-2013 school year, they accepted only 19 black students out of 167 available spots. and sarah joins us now. what about some of the proposed admission changes, and what are
at 13, she knows that her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> you're the only one that wants to learn, and even if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter, because you know what you're doing is right >> so are you going to college? >> i definitely am. >> but before college, she has to get into high school, and she's aiming high for a premier spot in one of the four schools. a specialized high school admissions test, or hisat. each fall, eight and...
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at 13 she knows her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> in school, it's a lot of kids who don't care about learning at all. you're the only one who wants to learn. even if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter because you know what you're doing is right. >> so in your mind are you going to coming. >> yes, i am. i definitely am. >> but before college she has to get into high school, and she's aiming high for a shot at one of the premiere schools. for more than 70 years admission has been based on a test called the specialized yo test. 30,000 eighth and ninth graders take the grueling two-hour test for a chance to earn a coveted seat. but now the test itself is under attack. students are finding their neighborhood schools don't adequately prepare them for what is on the test. at her school, less than 10% of the students pass state standardized tests for math and english. the two subjects needed for the test. the result, record-low numbers of black and latino enrollment in these top public schools. >> america tonight sara joins us. what do people wanted in this ad
at 13 she knows her ticket out of the south bronx is education. >> in school, it's a lot of kids who don't care about learning at all. you're the only one who wants to learn. even if they call you nerd or whatever, it doesn't matter because you know what you're doing is right. >> so in your mind are you going to coming. >> yes, i am. i definitely am. >> but before college she has to get into high school, and she's aiming high for a shot at one of the premiere schools....
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you are a woman of the south bronx. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and when people think of the south bronx, they think of blown out buildings, fire, garbage, pollution. when you look at the south bronx, you see what? >> possibility, promise, some of the world's most beautiful people... >> hinojosa: hmm! >> ...all sorts of assets that are just waiting to be developed and recognized as such. >> hinojosa: but when you were growing up in the south bronx... >> uh! >> hinojosa: ...one of ten kids, okay? >> ( laughing ) yeah. >> hinojosa: what were you seeing around you? >> i was seeing, you know, the burned-out shells of buildings. i did see, you know, crack heads who lived across the street from me in a burned out shell. i did see my neighborhood played out larger than life on television about being, like, the worst place in the world and nothing good could come of it, because that's where crime and prostitution and all these awful things were, and so that's what i saw, you know, as a kid. >> hinojosa: what does that do to a kid? >> ( sighs deeply ) >> hinojosa: i mean, profoundly, what does it do to
you are a woman of the south bronx. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and when people think of the south bronx, they think of blown out buildings, fire, garbage, pollution. when you look at the south bronx, you see what? >> possibility, promise, some of the world's most beautiful people... >> hinojosa: hmm! >> ...all sorts of assets that are just waiting to be developed and recognized as such. >> hinojosa: but when you were growing up in the south bronx... >> uh!...
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if that kid in the south bronx can even 04 to buy broadband service from one of the monopolists who may not even be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood. it cheri picks the rich neighborhoods to put fast service into. there were a lot of promises that got thrown pass as a there. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided when verizon has already said they are not going to build fires out any farther than it has already done. for most people unless you want to pay exorbitant prices or move to one of the few cities the leader google or a municipality is putting this new gigabyte level of internet service we are never going to catch up to what large chunks of the rest of the industrialized world take for granted at prices a fraction of what we pay so let's not blithely say the internet works well and from the consumer point of view it doesn't work well at all. >> to be clear i think what i meant was we agree it works well in terms of fostering innovation and allowing -- to encouraging free expression. >> it is importan
if that kid in the south bronx can even 04 to buy broadband service from one of the monopolists who may not even be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood. it cheri picks the rich neighborhoods to put fast service into. there were a lot of promises that got thrown pass as a there. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided when verizon has already said they are not going to build fires out any farther than it has already...
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in south korea can get to the library of congress times faster than a kid in the south bronx. if that kid in the south bronx even afford to buy broadband service from one of the month op lists who may not eve than be choosing to put fast service neighbor. because they've already cherry picked the rip neighborhoods to the fast service into. there were a lot of prepare ises that got thrown past us there. jacob, we might in five years see more competition services being provided when verizon has already said that they are not out any build fios further than it already has done, really for most people you want to pay exor by or move to one the cities that google or a city is putting this new giga bit level of internet we are never going to catch up to what large chunks of the rest of the industrialized granted at prices a fraction of what we pay. thatt's not lightly say the internet works well now. from the consumer point of view, all.sn't work well at >> to be clear, i think what i meant was we agree that it works terms of fostering allowing, and encouraging free expression. >> i
in south korea can get to the library of congress times faster than a kid in the south bronx. if that kid in the south bronx even afford to buy broadband service from one of the month op lists who may not eve than be choosing to put fast service neighbor. because they've already cherry picked the rip neighborhoods to the fast service into. there were a lot of prepare ises that got thrown past us there. jacob, we might in five years see more competition services being provided when verizon has...
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if the kid in the south bronx can even afford to buy broadband service for one of the monopolists, who may not be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood -- they have already paid the rich neighborhood. there are a lot of premises it got thrown past us. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided with verizon has already said they are not going to build fios any further than they already have one-stop for most people, unless you want to pay exorbitant prices or moved one of the few cities that either google or a mass -- municipality that is putting this gigabit level of internet service, we are never going to catch up large chunks of the rest of the industrialized world takes for granted at a price a fraction of what we paid. let's not likely to the internet orks well now. from the consumer's point of view, it does not work well at all. >> what i meant, we agreed it works well in terms of fostering innovation and allow them encourage and free expression. >> he makes a good point. net neutrality is part of a broader con
if the kid in the south bronx can even afford to buy broadband service for one of the monopolists, who may not be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood -- they have already paid the rich neighborhood. there are a lot of premises it got thrown past us. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided with verizon has already said they are not going to build fios any further than they already have one-stop for most people, unless...
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bronx show the largest percentage of cases of asthma in the city of new york. what is the sense of having a job when you don't have a backyard where you can sit and breathe the air because you will be choking to death? that doesn't make any sense. [applause] in terms of health care workers union in the city, two years ago we saw it in the hospitals where we work. our members evacuated new york hospital in the east side in the middle of the night having to carry patients, newborn babies from the 12th floor without elevators. and we not only saw it in the hospitals where we work, we saw it in the communities where we live. brooklyn, rockaway, new jersey, in staten island. our home care workers, you know, were trapped in the homes of the clients, or they could not go and work. and for days those members of ours had to live in public housing were trapped in buildings without electricity, without running water, without in some cases medication that they needed. so for the realization that the fight of labor is not only for workers' right in the workplace, but it is
bronx show the largest percentage of cases of asthma in the city of new york. what is the sense of having a job when you don't have a backyard where you can sit and breathe the air because you will be choking to death? that doesn't make any sense. [applause] in terms of health care workers union in the city, two years ago we saw it in the hospitals where we work. our members evacuated new york hospital in the east side in the middle of the night having to carry patients, newborn babies from the...
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and, quite frankly, as a kid that grew up in the south bronx, i have not seen the democratic party do anything aside from handing them more stuff. i think it will take the stim got. mia loves, now nunninger black republicans to run for office. you cannot tell me that the democratic party should get 95% of the vote. how do you respond to them handing them things. >> i disagree with that part. because there has been democratic institutions and presidents that did much to promote african-american in key positions of power. he had a tremendous number heads of agencies. when you bring african-americans into the government structure which many democrats have done, you have an opportunity. >> do the democrats need to be polished by mia 11. >> no, it's a great thing to have diversity, more african-americans running for state options. i consider myself, or the former mayor of atlanta bringing many into the middle class by giving them contracts, empowering them, and that's not what the democrats have done. talking about empower. beyond raising wiges. -- wages, it has to be more than that. >> an
and, quite frankly, as a kid that grew up in the south bronx, i have not seen the democratic party do anything aside from handing them more stuff. i think it will take the stim got. mia loves, now nunninger black republicans to run for office. you cannot tell me that the democratic party should get 95% of the vote. how do you respond to them handing them things. >> i disagree with that part. because there has been democratic institutions and presidents that did much to promote...
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south bronx. if that kid in the south bronx can even afford to buy broadband service for one of the monopolists, who may not be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood -- they have already cherry picked the rich neighborhood. there are a lot of premises it got thrown past us. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided when verizon has already said they are not going to build fios any further than they already have one-stop for most people, unless you want to pay exorbitant prices or moved -- move to one of the few cities that either google or a mass -- municipality that is putting this new gigabit level of internet service, we are never going to catch up large chunks of the rest of the industrialized world takes for granted at a price a fraction of what we paid. so let's not likely to the -- say that the internet works well now. from the consumer's point of view, it does not work well at all. >> to be clear, what i meant, we agre
south bronx. if that kid in the south bronx can even afford to buy broadband service for one of the monopolists, who may not be choosing to put fast service into their neighborhood -- they have already cherry picked the rich neighborhood. there are a lot of premises it got thrown past us. the idea that jacob, we might in five years see more competition or faster services being provided when verizon has already said they are not going to build fios any further than they already have one-stop for...
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it's been employed as a metaphor for the burned-out south bronx in the 1970s and the gerrymandering of electoral districts. dozens and dozens of historians have obviously written about various aspects of sherman's march. military aspects the strategic impact of the war had on civilians world of march played in spreading the news of emancipation. what was the march like for sherman's soldiers and so on and of course there are dozens and dozens of biographies of sherman himself. what i do in my book is take a different approach. rather than retail the entire story of the march what i do is explore the various ways americans have retold, remembered and reimagined sherman's march. the book title, the subtitle of sherman's march and american memory i've really come to think of this project over the years of less about memory which seems to imply a lot of presumption of accuracy and correctness and more about stories and storytelling which is to say this is no book that debunks the myth that have grown up around sherman's march. rather it's about layering different kinds of stories in differ
it's been employed as a metaphor for the burned-out south bronx in the 1970s and the gerrymandering of electoral districts. dozens and dozens of historians have obviously written about various aspects of sherman's march. military aspects the strategic impact of the war had on civilians world of march played in spreading the news of emancipation. what was the march like for sherman's soldiers and so on and of course there are dozens and dozens of biographies of sherman himself. what i do in my...
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college football, florida hosting colgate in the bronx. windy and cold. chance for showers. temperatures in the 40s. south carolina, playing host to tennessee tonight, temperatures falling down to near 44 degrees and sooner on the road trying to recover from that kansa loss two weeks ago, game time temperatures in the 30s out there in iowa. let's hope the road team can handle that. >> they'll need a good warm-up. >> you bet they will. >>> almost every parent goes through it eventually. you might not see it coming. doreen . >>> i'm chuck todd back in washington. here is what to look for ahead of the big election broadcast. after two weeks on the road i have learned one thing, voters are exhausted from polarization and gridlock. what will that mean for their senate vote? you may not know control of the senate until well after tuesday thanks to multiple runoffs. number two, democratic party on wednesday may no longer be the party of obama but back to being the party of the clintons. and, number three, speaking of the clintons, 2016 and the presidential race will get under way w
college football, florida hosting colgate in the bronx. windy and cold. chance for showers. temperatures in the 40s. south carolina, playing host to tennessee tonight, temperatures falling down to near 44 degrees and sooner on the road trying to recover from that kansa loss two weeks ago, game time temperatures in the 30s out there in iowa. let's hope the road team can handle that. >> they'll need a good warm-up. >> you bet they will. >>> almost every parent goes through it...